Anatomical Atlas

twenty-two pages are devoted. To macrocytic anaemia and kwashiorkor, which together probably affect many millions of tropical inhabitants, less than one page is devoted, as compared with six pages dealing with epidemic haemorrhagic fever, of which only a few hundred cases have so far been reported. In spite of these shortcomings, however, the book is a good one, and it is certain to be warmly received. The printing, paper, and the 304 illustrations are excellent.

III. Blood vessels-Nervous system-Sense organs-Integument and Lymphatics. 5th English edition. (Pp. 390+xix; 164 coloured and 142 black and white illustrations on full page plates and additional 67 partly coloured figures in the text. £6 5s.) New York: Hafner Publishing Company Inc. London: Lange, Maxwell and Springer. 1954. The late Professor Sobotta was not only a distinguished teacher of topographical anatomy but also famous for his many accurate investigations in the field of early mammalian development. His contributions to the study of the maturation, fertilization, and cleavage of the ovum of the mouse are regarded as classics. The present volume of his Atlas of Anatomy is the fifth English edition of this now famous book, first produced in German in 1904. After an absence of nearly ten years,this edition will be welcomed by teachers and students alike. The first English edition was prepared by Professor McMurrich, of the University of Toronto ;the fifth has been edited and translated by Professor Edward Uhlenhuth, of Baltimore. As in earlier editions, arteries, veins, and nerves are shown together in a single illustration. This has many advantages in that the student is able to see the relationships of these structures as they are found in the body and not as separate entities when they are illustrated in separate diagrams. The only criticism I would make is that in several of the illustrations too many fine branches of nerves and arteries have been shown, and in certain figures such detail obscures the essentials. The text is clear and concise. The atlas is one of the best available to-day and can be recommended with confidence.
W The rapidly increasing scope of cardiovascular surgery makes it difficult to condense the sum total of our present knowledge into a reasonable space. Dr. Pratt has, however, achieved this end and has given a concise and yet comprehensive account of the subject in one volume. Diseases of the heart and blood vessels are becoming increasingly important in a society whose expectation of life is steadily improving, and surgery in this field has, therefore, a similarly increasing significance, even though only a proportion of the disorders are amenable to treatment. The book is divided into sections, starting with a classification and the general examination of the patient, and passing via anaesthesia, fluid balance, and the like to surgery of the heart, of the arteries, of the veins, and of the lymphatics and thence to special technical procedures. Each section has an adequate; though not complete, bibliography, and there are numerous well-chosen illustrations to amplify the text.
In the chapters on heart surgery the description of mitral stenosis and its treatment is very satisfactorily handled. Other cardiac lesions suitable for"surgery are more briefly, though adequately, discussed. Occlusive arterial disease is described in detail, and not only are surgical procedures well illustrated, but conservative measures, including dietary instructions, are given in a practical manner. The treatment of threatened and actual diabetic gangrene is similarly -dealt with. Arterial thrombosis, embolism, aneurysm, and arteriovenous fistula are discussea with a wealth of detail that is based on the author's considerable experience and makes valuable reading.
There is little that the author has omitted in his comprehensive survey of the whole subject, and if there is a certain unevenness in some sections it is a very minor criticism of a book which must well remain for some time a standard work on this complex subject.
T. HOLMES SELLORS. Georg Thieme. 1954. This most original volume consists of a series of radiographs taken from cadavers after injection of the blood vessels with opaque material, thus enabling a large number of pathological conditions to be' studied from a very unusual point of view, often with surprising results. The technique employed is described in detail, and the superb radiographs which have been obtained are a proof of its success. The skill and labour involved must have been very great, but they were fully justified by the result.

ANGIOGRAPHIC STUDY OF PATHOLOGY
Every region of the body has been covered and in a large variety of pathological conditions. Each print is accompanied by a full description and frequently by an explanatory diagram. At the end of each section a summary is given in four languages, but in general the plates speak for themselves. They number in all 131, and in every case the production is perfect. Perhaps the most interesting are those of the lungs and of the heart. Angiograms of the lungs include acute infection, asthma, emphysema, tuberculosis, silicosis, and carcinoma, while those of the heart are devoted to the coronary arteries, showing variations of the utmost significance.
The importance of this laborious study as a background will be realized when the great development of such radiographic study of the living in clinical practice is considered. Comparison of a clinical angiogram with the corresponding plate in this atlas should greatly facilitate an appreciation of its meaning .nd assist in diagnosis. But perhaps it is the pathologist himself who will best appreciate these superb plates and the perfect technique which their production demanded. The physiology of the mouth and dental tissues has not in the past received the attention it deserves, and it is most useful to have a modem work on the subject with very excellent references collected together in one volume.
Although written primarily for undergraduate students, for whom it will be most valuable, its greatest value will probably be to the postgraduate student and those interested in research in this field, since it deals with current aspects of research which may be somewhat beyond the basic training of the dental student. The author is to be congratulated on producing a most interesting book.
Alumni Cantabrigienses, compiled by J. A. Venn, is a biographical list of all known students, graduates, and holders of office at the University of Cambridge from the earliest times to 1900. The four volumes of Part I covered from the earliest times to 1751, and the sixth and final volume of Part II (from 1752 to 1900) has recently been published, the names in this volume running in alphabetical order from Square to Zupitza. The compiler and publishers (Cambridge University Press) are to be congratulated on sucoessfully complting this immense biographical task. The cost of the final volume is the same as that of its predecessors, £10 lOs.; and the whole set of ten volumes can be bought for £89 5s.